か
Meanings
Noun
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1. department (of a university or hospital)
You say they work at our hospital? What department are they a doctor in?
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
You're a music course student, aren't you?
3. family
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Used in vocabulary (384 in total)
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
subject; curriculum
Examples (7 in total)
You're a music course student, aren't you?
Which department is the patient from?
I don't know which department to go to at the hospital.
You say they work at our hospital? What department are they a doctor in?
The art course students are expected to deliver different things, after all.
The person standing at the front of the room is a professor in the History Department.
He's in the commerce course, so I hardly ever get a chance to talk to him.